Dear Gentle Reader,  A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . . There is no distance between people of like precious faith. The lights of Chanukkah was not an ancient celebration pointing to the LORD MESSIAH JESUS; they were added after HIS death to point back to the ONE WHO alone is the LIGHT OF THE WORLD. ...

A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . .Heaven and nature sing "Joy to the world, the LORD has come!"The 24th of Kislev was important to Israel years before the Maccabees memorialized it with Chanukkah. It was the day that "The FOUNDATION was laid for the LORD'S Temple." [Haggai/Chagai 2. 18 - 19] It was also a...

No. All my family lives in Australia. While my family is always glad to see me, Christmas has never been a big deal in my home. We didn’t celebrate it — though we did give gifts. My dad looked at Christmas as pagan. We only celebrated it with a tree and decorations once. It was the winte...

  Gentle reader, A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . . In MESSIAH JESUS dwells the fullness of the GODHEAD BODILY. CHANUKKAH DEDICATION (Part 2) The eight-branched Menorah also represents the people of GOD WHO are "the lower lights." The MESSIAH called HIS followers "lights" [Ephesians 5. 8] and also co...

  Dear  Gentle Reader, Before Christmas and all the trappings of commercialism came about there was Chanukkah! read on to discover your heritage from those who brought us The King of the Jews (and Saviour of the world)! A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . . Fight for your opinions, but do not belie...

Chanukkah is the story of a group of warriors (the Maccabees, later the Hasmoneans, led by Mattathias) who rose up against the Greeks (the Seleucids), united the Jews, reclaimed the Temple (Beit HaMikdash), and then lit one day's supply of oil which miraculously lasted for eight days, started a bran...

President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush hosted a Hanukkah reception at the White House on Monday night, December 15, 2008.  President Bush opened with a short speech, followed by the lighting of the menorah (see transcript and video below; the person who lit the candles said “Hashe...

Inflatable lawn decorations have been around for awhile, but, as a 2006 New York Times article points out, "...mark 2006 as the year these decorations became a full-blown fixture in the pantheon of holiday traditions." It seem that Jews are now getting into the act too. I ran across this website tha...

Author: Elisa Blog Posting: Daily Shvitz ===== So Last Week Hanukkah has come and gone. And with eight days (weird!) left ‘til That Other Holiday, those of us who find ourselves unwilling or -able to pretend we’re gentiles had better get used to the fact that we’re going to be doing a helluva ...

It’s the last day of Hanukkah today and the question some Jews might be asking themselves tonight is, ‘To light or not to light?’ It’s a preposterous question for religious Jews, who will no doubt light their eight candles of Hanukkah tonight. But not for the founders of Green Hanukkia, a ca...